My throat is tight right now. I've been reading tributes to him all evening but you are the first to move me to tears. I was in Germany, my father stationed in Stuttgart, when he landed on the moon. Even as a young child I understood the importance of his journey. Thanks for your words...

I met Neil Armstrong once, at a dinner to honor Jimmy Doohan in the early 2000s. He was not much taller than me, but he was a giant of a man. He was as kind as he was intimidating. I don’t remember what I said to him, or what he said to me, because all I could think the entire time was “This m...